newsgroup
noun
news·group
ˈnüz-ˌgrüp 
ˈnyüz-
: an electronic message board on the Internet that is devoted to a particular topic
Examples of newsgroup in a Sentence
I posted a message to a gardening newsgroup.
Recent Examples on the Web
With modern technology, the birding community is well connected today, often sharing sightings of rare birds via text, group email or newsgroups.
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
For certain newsgroups, the job is not about reporting the news, no matter how uncomfortable.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
What came back was an FAQ from a newsgroup called rec.sport.pro-wrestling.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2023
And some of them will survive if they're very well maintained and the community has a definite long-view purpose, like a list serve or a newsgroup that is still going.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
The planned acquisition echoed the takeover of the newsgroup Network18 Media and Investments Ltd., by Reliance Industries, India’s largest conglomerate, in May 2014, the month that the BJP won national elections in a landslide.
—Tripti Lahiri, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
Michael Bloomberg, a former presidential candidate, New York City mayor, and best known for creating the Bloomberg investment terminal and newsgroup, is the chairman of TCFD.
—Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
In 1998, Michael Hoffman, also a Naval Academy mathematician, expanded the problem in a different direction after coming across an example of the exterior problem through an online newsgroup.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2020
That has nothing on the newsgroup flame wars of yore.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2019
Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
For certain newsgroups, the job is not about reporting the news, no matter how uncomfortable.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
What came back was an FAQ from a newsgroup called rec.sport.pro-wrestling.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2023
And some of them will survive if they're very well maintained and the community has a definite long-view purpose, like a list serve or a newsgroup that is still going.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
The planned acquisition echoed the takeover of the newsgroup Network18 Media and Investments Ltd., by Reliance Industries, India’s largest conglomerate, in May 2014, the month that the BJP won national elections in a landslide.
—Tripti Lahiri, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
Michael Bloomberg, a former presidential candidate, New York City mayor, and best known for creating the Bloomberg investment terminal and newsgroup, is the chairman of TCFD.
—Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
In 1998, Michael Hoffman, also a Naval Academy mathematician, expanded the problem in a different direction after coming across an example of the exterior problem through an online newsgroup.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2020
That has nothing on the newsgroup flame wars of yore.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2019
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“Newsgroup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsgroup. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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newsgroup
noun
news·group
-ˌgrüp
: an electronic bulletin board on the Internet
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